Georgia Tech has removed DEI-related terms from its website.

Amid growing pressure from conservative groups to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion(DEI) initiatives, numerous DEI programs and commitments are being scaled back or shut down. This shift impacts the U.S. government, major corporations — including Target, Walmart, Meta, and Amazon — and higher education institutions.

As AFROTECH™ previously told you, President Donald Trump has placed federal employees in DEI roles on paid leave “as the agency takes steps to close/end all DEIA initiatives, offices and programs.” Additionally, the companies mentioned above have all announced they are scaling back their DEI initiatives, and for Target, this has prompted a lawsuit from its shareholders who feel misled, notes Reuters.

Georgia Tech is joining the trend by actively dismantling its DEI programs, a process initiated in 2023, FOX 5 reports. The university’s website has been updated to reflect these changes.

“In 2023, Georgia Tech made the decision to begin discontinuing DEI programs, which included eliminating positions and realigning funding,” Blair Meeks, a Georgia Tech spokesperson, stated in an email to FOX 5. “As a critical research partner for the federal government, Georgia Tech will ensure compliance with all federal and state rules as well as policies set by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia to continue accelerating American innovation and competitiveness. Efforts to examine and update our web presence are part of this ongoing work.”

Georgia Tech’s actions have sparked backlash.

“It’s just disappointing. Especially because I was someone who definitely benefited from it,” said a Georgia Tech student of Hispanic heritage, who did not want their name disclosed, per FOX 5. “People should be qualified, but it also helps, coming from a more difficult background, to have a little leg up. Especially getting into colleges like Georgia Tech.”

Another student pointed out to the outlet, “Removing them from the websites may not actually amount to much, but the question is what will come with that?”

Georgia NAACP President Gerald Griggs is also not amused with the school’s decision and has requested a formal meeting.

“It is an attempt to erase people’s identities and attempt to go back to a far-gone era. We’re not going to allow it,” he said, according to the outlet. “If it’s just happening on the website, we can only imagine what’s happening internally. So we need to have a robust conversation.”